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List of Common Tunes for Fiddle Hell

On Saturday night at Fiddle Hell, alternating with individual fiddler slots, we'll play some common tunes together. Here are some suggestions to start with -- tunes that are often played by all the fiddlers together after a New England fiddle contest, plus a few more. Some of these are "overplayed," but still can be fun, especially in adding harmonies. We'll group tunes into medleys.

Reels and Hornpipes

D Soldier's Joy
D Liberty
D St. Anne's Reel
D Angeline the Baker
D Maid Behind the Bar / Judy's Reel
D Ragtime Annie
D Over the Waterfall
D Staten Island Hornpipe
G Redwing
G Golden Slippers
G Turkey in the Straw
G Flowers of Edinburgh
G Seneca Square Dance / Waiting for the Federals
A Old Joe Clark
A Devil's Dream
A Bile Them Cabbage Down
A Red Haired Boy
A Laird O'Drumblair new
A Big John McNeill new
Em Cooley's Reel
Em Drowsy Maggie
Em Ships Are Sailing
Am Shady Grove
Am Cluck Old Hen
Am Gravel Walk
C Billy in the Lowground
C Stone's Rag
Dm Julia Delaney's

Jigs

G Irish Washerwoman
G Kesh Jig
G Gary Owen
Am Ten Penny Bit
Am Coleraine
Am Brian Boru's March
Em Swallowtail Jig
Em Road to Lisdoonvarna
Em The Butterfly (slip jig)
D Haste to the Wedding
D Smash the Windows
A Athol Highlanders' March new

Waltzes

D Ashokan Farewell
G Over the Waves
D Tennessee Waltz
D She Bhag She Mhor
A Bodine's Waltz (by Dale Hopkins, creator of Fiddle Hell)
 

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